Some students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida – where 17 were killed in February – have taken up a public campaign for gun law reform in recent months but little in the way of change has emerged from legislators.

I have been fully briefed on the terrible shooting in California. Law Enforcement and First Responders, together with the FBI, are on scene. 13 people, at this time, have been reported dead. Likewise, the shooter is dead, along with the first police officer to enter the bar….

….Great bravery shown by police. California Highway Patrol was on scene within 3 minutes, with first officer to enter shot numerous times. That Sheriff’s Sergeant died in the hospital. God bless all of the victims and families of the victims. Thank you to Law Enforcement.

Flags at the White House were lowered to half-mast to commemorate the victims.

Sheriff Dean, who on Thursday completes his last day serving as Ventura County sheriff, warned: “It doesn’t matter how safe your community is, it doesn’t matter how low your crime rate is – there are people who just don’t think properly everywhere, I don’t care where you are, and they commit horrific acts like this.”

“There’s no way to process. There’s no way to make sense out of the senseless.”

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